Individual Details

Will

In her will, dated 30 August 1673 and proved 17 January 1675/6, "Dorothy Upsall of Boston ... widow, the relict of Nicholas Upshall deceased," noted that she had already given, in accordance with her late husband's will, to "Joseph Cock my son-in-law to for the benefit of Nicholas Cox his eldest son" £20, and to "W[illia]m Greenough for the benefit of Elizabeth Greenough his daughter my grandchild" £20, and to the said William Greenough for "Anne Greenough his daughter my grandchild ... [which] was given to Dorothy Greenough had she lived" £20, to be given to each of these grandchildren at the age of fourteen; to "son-in-law Joseph Cock for Susana Cock his daughter my grandchild" £20; to "my brother John Capen my two sisters Elizabeth Swift and Honner Hannum each of them a silver spoon"; to "Elizabeth Greenough her two children now living to her [sic] daughter Susanna Cock her three children now living each of them a silver spoon"; residue equally to two daughters and two sons-in-law, all four of whom are to be executors; Mr. Anthony Stoddard and Daniel Turell to be overseers.
The inventory of the estate of "Dorotye Upshall widow the relict of Nicholas Upshall," taken on 6 October 1675, totalled £170, with no real estate included.